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Maybe in future if they get to be World Cup host

This meme uses the popular 'Epic Handshake' template, depicting two muscular arms clasped in agreement. One arm is labeled 'India' and the other is labeled 'China'. The overlaid text at the top reads 'Never qualifying for fifa world cup despite 1 billion+ population'. The joke highlights that India and China are the two most populous countries in the world, each with over 1 billion inhabitants, but both have a long history of failing to qualify for the men's FIFA World Cup, referencing the common observation that large population size does not translate to success in international men's football, with the implicit joke that the only way either country may participate in the World Cup is if they host the tournament, as host nations receive automatic qualification.
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Never qualifying for fifa world cup despite 1 billion+ population

Overview

This meme uses the popular 'Epic Handshake' template, depicting two muscular arms clasped in agreement. One arm is labeled 'India' and the other is labeled 'China'. The overlaid text at the top reads 'Never qualifying for fifa world cup despite 1 billion+ population'. The joke highlights that India and China are the two most populous countries in the world, each with over 1 billion inhabitants, but both have a long history of failing to qualify for the men's FIFA World Cup, referencing the common observation that large population size does not translate to success in international men's football, with the implicit joke that the only way either country may participate in the World Cup is if they host the tournament, as host nations receive automatic qualification.

Origin notes

This meme was sourced from the Reddit r/Meme subreddit as an RSS feed entry. It is a remix of the widely used Epic Handshake meme template, edited to make a joke about the shared struggles of India and China with FIFA World Cup qualification. The template was likely edited using a free meme generator tool, as evidenced by the imgflip.com watermark present on the bottom left of the image.

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